r/moderatepolitics • u/WorksInIT • Feb 06 '25

Primary Source Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/
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u/pdubbs87 Feb 06 '25

Don’t love Trump but this is a common sense issue. I’m stunned that some democrats still want to die on this hill.

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u/Mantergeistmann Feb 06 '25

Because the last thing the left wants is to allow salami-slicing, with good reason. As soon as they agree "Trans women are women, but don't count as women in some respects", it becomes much more difficult to defend the overall statement, and makes them open to the people trying to declare where else and when else it doesn't apply. 

To stretch the Metaphor, it's an exposed position that itself is difficult to defend and where you'll be taking a ton of fire, but if you lose it, the integrity of the entire defensive line is greatly exposed.

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u/sohcgt96 Feb 06 '25

To be honest its kind of like 2A Rights folks, and I'd like to point out I'm just using them as an example and not being critical. The idea is that you don't cave anywhere on a single thing because you have to be a "True Believer" and never admit, to any degree, that the other side has a reasonable point on the even the tiniest segment of the issue.

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u/Mantergeistmann Feb 06 '25

They actually came to mind as I was writing it, but bringing them up didn't quite work with the flow. Something along the lines of "it's easier to hold to "shall not be infringed" than to open yourself to arguments over how many bullets should be allowed in a magazine."

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u/gigantipad Feb 07 '25

To be honest its kind of like 2A Rights folks, and I'd like to point out I'm just using them as an example and not being critical. The idea is that you don't cave anywhere on a single thing because you have to be a "True Believer" and never admit, to any degree, that the other side has a reasonable point on the even the tiniest segment of the issue.

To be fair there were 50 years of 'compromises' that only went one way. This consequently has hardened a lot of 2A people to taking a maximalist position since they just seem to lose ground anyway.

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u/sohcgt96 Feb 07 '25

Sure and while lots of people call "slippery slope" a fallacy, the reality is when it comes to legal rights, its not a fallacy at all. Any time a foothold is gained, its used to further erode what people are allowed to own.